Url
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/14781
Resource class
dctype:Text
Title
Preservando Tradiciones: The Influence of Charreria in Oregon
Creator
Camila Getzemani Villastrigo Campuzano
Date
2025-12-15
Type
Text
Identifier
honors_20251215a
Language
eng
Rights
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Abstract
Mexico is a country famous for its culture, from the language, food and music that has become a part of mainstream US media. One part of this culture that often gets overlooked is its national sport, Charreria. This sport involves El Charro, a sportsman well-dressed wearing his iconic sombrero, who shows his dominance over horses and bulls. This is an examination of the history of charreria, particularly a focus on the sports presence in the state of Oregon. I want to look at why charreria isn't as well known as other Mexican events like jaripeos and bailes. I want to know what is being done or can be done to share the sport with a wider audience. The charro is an iconic figure in Mexican culture; it is widely recognized, yet how many people know who he is and what he stands for?
I plan on accomplishing my goals in two main ways, through interviews and classic methods of research in both Spanish and English. These interviews will be with real charros and escaramuzas in the state of Oregon. I have access to many families and people who play an important role in the sports presence in Oregon, possibly in the United States. I also plan on doing a lot of research in both Spanish and English (using my bilingualism to its potential) to find the answers to all of my questions or at least the bigger ones.
Degree
Undergraduate Honors Thesis/Project
Department or school name within institution
Honors
Note
Ricardo Pelegrin-Taboada
Note
Gavin Keulks
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Url
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/4134
Title
Heroes or Villains: Placing Narcocorridos in the Mexican Corrido Tradition
Creator
Sarah Berry
Subject
corrido tradition
narcocorrido
Date
4/1/2012
Type
Text
Identifier
pat/3
Language
eng
Rights
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Abstract
In this paper I sought to understand whether narcocorridos represent an aberration or a continuation of the corrido tradition. Drawing upon the subaltern theories advanced by Antonio Gramsci, we find that corridos represent a form of cultural communication in an extremely class stratified society. The concept of the social bandit as conceived by the British Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm sheds further light on how and why heroes—or anti-heroes—are treated not only as real men, but archetypal manifestations of agency and self-determination that is out of reach for all but a few. Exploring the historic roots of the Mexican corrido we see that the narcocorrido is deeply rooted in Mexican culture, and like the traditional corridos of the Revolutionary period represent a narrative attempt to reconcile complex and often contradictory elements of daily life in a country ‘at war.’
Bibliographic Citation
Berry, Sarah. “Heroes or Villains: Placing Narcocorridos in the Mexican Corrido Tradition.” Paper presented at the Phi Alpha Theta Pacific Northwest Regional Conference, Spokane, Washington, April 12-14, 2012.
Note
John Rector
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Url
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/2613
Title
Cinco de Mayo 1992
Creator
Undetermined
Subject
Cinco de Mayo
Mexican Culture
Mexican-American Culture
Multicultural Student Union (MSU)
Description
Members of the group Flor y Canto of Forest Grove performing on campus for the 1992 Cinco de Mayo celebration, sponsored by WOSC's Multicultural Student Union (MSU)
Date
May-92
Type
Image; StillImage
Format
Photograph as a jpg image (144 dpi, pixel dimensions- width: 1012, height: 737)
Identifier
omeka/1911
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated: As of 05/28/2020, the copyright for this item has not been investigated by Hamersly Library.
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